Thank God for the forums cause I couldn't get away with saying this on the posts. Black Dahlia Murder are fucking trash. I recently had to leave a table in a pub because I was talking to a guy about death metal (Suffocation, Obituary, Morbid Angel, the good stuff) and some guy with his shitty ear plugs and crap hair goes, "Yeah man! Ever heard the Black Dahlia Murder?! They're so great! REAL death metal!" That was when I decided to leave. Like with anything, it's fine if people like them, but a great death metal band they are not.

I could launch into a tirade here, but I'll just agree with Oz. They retain the faint trace of metalcore (disclaimer: very faint) and since At The Gates is one of my all time favourites I am very unforgiving with imitators. I could write a small book on why I dislike BDM, but I don't malign those who do.

I think they're a good live band whose first three albums were half killer and half filler. I haven't listened to Deflorate enough to form an opinion of it, but the track Christ Deformed is one of their best yet.

umm well a black dahlia is a type of flower. but BDM got the name from an unsolved murder in america, back in the 40's i think. A woman was found mutilated and cut in two, later dubbed the black dahlia